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What most people forget (myself included) is to moisturise after washing, even your hands. Just a bit of coconut oil like you’ve probably got in your kitchen is enough, you don’t need to grease up like you’re going to the Olympics or anything. Coconut oil is absorbed very quickly and completely by the skin, making it perfect for some quick moisture to keep your skin from drying out so it stays supple (also why it’s used as a “carrier” oil in many topical medications, it ensures swift transdermal delivery of the drug).

Dry skin itches, and because it’s inflexible it cracks and bleeds more easily. Your skin is your largest organ; take good care of it and keep it moist.

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FiskFisk33@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I hate the fatty feeling of moistened hand skin. The occasional crack is annoying but I would never switch it for moisturizing.

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- scytale@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I hate the greasy feeling as well. What I did was find a lotion that absorbed quickly and didn’t feel oily just after a few minutes from applying. Took a while of trial and error, but once I found a good one, I stuck with it.
  
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- SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Try “gloves in a bottle”. It soaks in immediately instead of leaving your hands greasy.
  
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- voracitude@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Me too, but coconut oil absorbs quickly and completely enough that I find I can suffer through it until it feels normal again.
  
  Do you have any idea why I’m getting downvoted? I’m not wrong, it’s good health advice. I know because I moved somewhere much drier than I’m used to, and my skin hurt and itched all the time until I started moisturising a little. I’m just trying to save other people the discomfort if they don’t know…
  
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Duranie@literature.cafe ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I support you on the moisturizing thing, but can’t follow you down the coconut oil road. I can’t stand the smell of coconut. Being someone who burns easily in the sun, I chalk it up to many years of smelling shitty fake coconut scented sunblock products.

As a massage therapist, I have to wash my hands constantly. During the colder months I have to moisturize or my skin cracks. Whatever unscented product that doesn’t leave me leaving greasy fingerprints all over the place is usually good enough until I wash my hands again in another hour.

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